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Stone Age Sahara Speckled Stone Axehead and Hammerstone Group
Stone Age Sahara Speckled Stone Axehead and Hammerstone Group
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Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. Comprising two small polished D-shaped axeheads and one with a square butt; sub-spherical hammerstone. 394 grams total, 48-55 mm (1 7/8 - 2 1/8 in.).

Found North Africa. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

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Stone Age Sahara Speckled Stone Axehead and Hammerstone Group

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